MORGAN
,
THOMAS OWEN
(
1799
-
1878
),
barrister-at-law and author
;

b.
1799
, son of
ThomasMorgan
,
gentleman
. He was admitted
barrister-at-law
(as of
Lincoln's Inn
) but he does not appear to have practised. He was
joint-secretary
, with
Morris CharlesJones
(q.v.)
, of the
Powysland Club
when that society was formed in
1867
. He was also a member of the
Cambrian Archaeological Association
and contributed articles to
Arch. Camb.
— in
1851
,
1854
,
1856
,
1867
, one of the two
1867
articles being entitled ‘
History of the Lordship of Cyfeiliog
.’ He is best known as the
author
of
A New Guide to Aberystwyth
,
1848
(with other editions in
1851
,
1859
,
1867
,
1869
,
1870
) and
A New Guide to Aberdovey … Towyn, Machynlleth
(
1854
,
1863
), and
The Aberdovey Guide
(
1863
). He is probably the
author
of
A Chronological Summary of the Chief Events in the History of the Castle of Aberystwyth
which went to several editions. He had previously published
Flora Cereticae Superioris: a Catalogue of plants indigenous in the neighbourhood of Aberystwyth
(
1849
). He was elected
mayor
of
Aberystwyth
in
1862
and again in
1863
; he was also a
deputy-lieutenant
for
Cardiganshire
. He d., at the age of 79,
5 Dec. 1878
, at his residence at
Goginan
, outside
Aberystwyth
.